Mind Theater
Archive of Mind Theater audio essays on television, film, and the arts, revealing what makes them so compelling. Presented by Ayo Akingbade. New video essays on YouTube. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Exploring Wong Kar-wai's moody, intimate style and how it grabs hold of our senses.
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"Now ...
Video Essay Link: https://youtu.be/gM4b5_h_PgU
Exploring Wong Kar-wai's moody, intimate style and how it grabs hold of our senses.
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Music:
Waltz of t...
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Analyzing the lyrical alchemy of Richard Siken's mystifying and heartfelt poetry.
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'Cylind...
Exploring the similarities between filmmaking and art curation, historical french female painters, and the queer cinematic gaze in Celine Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire
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Exploring how Colson Whitehead's Depiction of 1960s Harlem Exposes America's Foundational Crookedness
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Exploring Hitchcock's groundbreaking work in both the silent film and early talkie mediums
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Exploring the cosmic visions of the USSR through its space and retro futuristic artwork
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Music by Blue Dot Sessions
Sebring
Dognell
Burham Street
Sources/References:
- Aleksandra Sanʹkova, and Moskovskiĭ Muzeĭ Dizaĭna (Russia. Soviet Space Gra...
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Exploring Barry Jenkins' love through color and lighting in Moonlight and Beale Street
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Sebring
Dognell
Burham Street
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Exploring the comedy of the Coen Brothers
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Silver Linings, Hendyamps Studios (2020)
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Tarte Tatin
Cicle Ariel
Dolly and Pad
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Exploring the tragic beauty through which Paul Thomas Anderson depicts his characters.
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Silver Linings, Hendyamps Studios (2020)
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Caseco
Sals Place
Uncertain Ground
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Exploring how food is depicted in cinema
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Silver Linings, Hendyamps Studios (2020)
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Leptias
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https://www.academia.edu/44358709/THE_CONNECTION_BETWEEN_FOOD_AND_CINEMA
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Exploring Bong Joon-ho's Unmistakable Directorial Rhythm
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Music by Blue Dot Sessions
Vernouillet
Hotel Calafat
La Troga
Rosino Reverie
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https://filmustage.com/blog/the-mastery-of-transnational-directing/
https:/...
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Exploring the otherworldly world design and visual beauty of The Tragedy of Macbeth (2022).
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- Tell What You Know
- On the Hour
- Our Ears, Deceivers
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- Tartini-Violin Sonata in G minor Devil's Trill Sonata
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Analyzing Danish Painter Carl Bloch's Fourth Wall Breaking Masterpiece; In a Roman Osteria
Paintings:
- In a Roman Osteria: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_a_Roman_Osteria#/media/File:Carl_Bloch_-_In_a_Roman_Osteria_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
- Marstrand's Italian Osteria Scene: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_a_Roman_Osteria#/media/File:Italian_Osteria_Scene,...
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Exploring how Martin Scorsese depicts his Catholic faith through cinema.
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Music:
- Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Mov. III (Anitra's Dance), Op 46
- Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3 in A minor (Scottish), MOVEMENT III, Op. 56
Music by Blue ...
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Exploring Jean-Luc Godard's New Wave of French cinema.
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- Plum King
- Caprese
- Warm Fingers
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- Hickory Interlude
- Calgary Sweeps
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Exploring the level of resilience required to maintain love while under fascist turmoil in the 6th issue of V for Vendetta (1982).
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Music by Blue Dot Sessions
- Gambrel
- Lunette
- Order of Entrance
- Dolly and Pad
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